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I DREAM HE TALKS TO ME
A Memoir of Learning How To Listen
A lyrical memoir by Grammy-nominated musician Allison Moorer, of love and resilience through the lens of parenting a young son with nonverbal autism. Moorer has a dedicated and engaged social media following and her previous book, Blood, received a terrific reception. Her new book, I Dream He Talks to Me speaks with the same riveting universal truths.
When Allison Moorer's son, John Henry, stopped talking just before his second birthday, she was devastated, even though Allison knew in her bones that something was shifting. In the years since John Henry's diagnosis of nonverbal autism, Allison and John Henry have embarked on a powerful journey - filled with the heartbreak, adventure, confusion, and unending love that are the hallmarks of a quest for understanding.
In I Dream He Talks to Me, Allison details the temper tantrums and the moments of grace, the mundane expectations of a parent that turn into something extraordinary. The saying goes, "If you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism"; no two stories are alike, and yet there are universal truths. With the same gorgeous prose that is a hallmark of her first memoir, Blood, Allison shares her and John Henry's unique story while also creating a riveting narrative that will appeal to anyone who has questioned their own ability to parent. An exploration of resilience, compassionboth for ourselves and othersI Dream He Talks to Me is also a moving meditation on language: what words mean, what they don't, and ultimately how we truly communicate with and know those whom we love.
Allison Moorer has been nominated for Academy, Grammy, Americana Music Association, and Academy of Country Music Awards. Her writing has been published in American Songwriter, Guernica, LitHub, and The Bitter Southerner. She lives in Nashville.
In I Dream He Talks to Me, Allison details the temper tantrums and the moments of grace, the mundane expectations of a parent that turn into something extraordinary. The saying goes, "If you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism"; no two stories are alike, and yet there are universal truths. With the same gorgeous prose that is a hallmark of her first memoir, Blood, Allison shares her and John Henry's unique story while also creating a riveting narrative that will appeal to anyone who has questioned their own ability to parent. An exploration of resilience, compassionboth for ourselves and othersI Dream He Talks to Me is also a moving meditation on language: what words mean, what they don't, and ultimately how we truly communicate with and know those whom we love.
Allison Moorer has been nominated for Academy, Grammy, Americana Music Association, and Academy of Country Music Awards. Her writing has been published in American Songwriter, Guernica, LitHub, and The Bitter Southerner. She lives in Nashville.
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Published 2021-10-12 by Hachette Book Group - New York (USA) |